They ran again.
But now it felt different.
Less like escape.
More like being guided.
Eryx noticed it first.
The path wasn't random anymore.
Every turn they took…
Was already open.
Mira slowed slightly. "This is wrong."
Jaxon nodded. "It's routing us."
Eryx frowned. "Routing us where?"
Jaxon finally said it.
"To the end of the round."
Eryx stopped.
"End of the what?"
A silence followed.
Then—
The lights ahead turned white.
Not red.
White.
Jaxon tightened his grip.
"Boss phase."
And in that moment—
Eryx understood something terrifying.
This wasn't just survival.
It was progression.
The system wasn't reacting to them.
It was advancing them.
And Eryx Calder…
Was not escaping the school.
He was being carried deeper into it.